ll fighting games have both strengths and weaknesses. When it comes to Tekken, gamers usually find more strength in this popular fighting franchise than a weakness. Since Tekken’s debut near Christmas 1994, players felt a great joy of playing a 3D fighter of improved graphics and vast fighting styles. Over the years Tekken has had a great ordeal of sequels as well. We enjoy playing the characters storyline as we progress through the King of the Iron Fist tournament. However, in Tekken Revolution, our beloved game goes through some changes but not for the greater good. Players get to start the Arcade mode and basically work their way up the ladder until you encounter the final boss. Now, at first the gamer gets to decide only a few characters to choose from to begin the King of The Iron Fist tournament. Favorites like Kazuya Mishima, Paul Phoenix, and Marshall Law are already unlocked but other cherishables like Jin Kazama and Bryan Fury are to be unlocked with gift points. For the first time, Tekken Revolution is a Free-to-Play game and because of this produces no story mode. The bread and butter of this series is either the Arcade mode or Network play which allows players to compete in 1 on 1 Ranked or Player matches. Also, for the first time, Tekken Revolution utilizes a coin and ticket feature. Arcade and Player Match coins can be redeemed to play matches offline or online. These can be purchased at the Playstation Store or you can wait it out as coins replenish themselves after time progresses. Players might have to wait 10 minutes for an Arcade coin to replenish while the Player match coin goes for at least 30. Now before you drop your ideas about this game, the fun side of it is that characters’ certain skills can be upgraded like their Power and Endurance. The benefit of gaining skill points is to strengthen your character for online matches as some of them require both brawn and brains. Now, Tekken has always been about great graphics and smooth combat fighting. This installment does that yet again. Combos are really simple to pull off and gameplay is almost like lightning. Introduced are Super Arts which are moves the player can perform with the fighter that do double damage and give them a brief second of invulnerability, something that proves extremely useful in this fighting game. This indeed is a really great starter for inexperienced players to the franchise. It gives new and upcoming players a chance to try out the series and possibly buy future installments. This Free-To-Play game gains attention from newer audiences along with returning veteran players and so far… gets the thumbs up.

]]>http://www.championofvideogames.com/fighter/tekken-revolution/feed/0Far Cry 3: Blood Dragonhttp://www.championofvideogames.com/shooter/far-cry-3-blood-dragon/
http://www.championofvideogames.com/shooter/far-cry-3-blood-dragon/#commentsThu, 27 Jun 2013 17:06:18 +0000http://www.championofvideogames.com/?post_type=os_shooter&p=1211Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is an awesome DLC. It has everything you want in a DLC. No need for the disc, the DLC is a completely stand alone game, it has the wonderful graphics, the same wonderful style of gameplay with a whole new story, new characters and new missions. This game is also wonderful for late 70′s thru 80′s born folk becuase of the wonderful ode to cheesy 80′s movies provides such a nostalgic feeling. Wonderful classic 80′s setup also, avenge the friend, get the girl, kill the bad guy, and save the world, and then of course………. back to the girl!

Following the same format of Far Cry 3, first person shooter via open world action.

The game basically follows an 80’s retrospective view of the future. You are American cyborg super soldier Sargeant Rex Power Colt and you are fighting to rid the world of Colonel Sloan, a cyborg commander turned rogue, who heads a cyborg militant group named The Omega Force.

Set in an alternate 2007 where Russia and The U.S. had incited an earlier nuclear war and the world is dealing with nuclear fallout amongst mutations. You and Rex, your best buddy in arms, travel to a secluded island to find and dismantle Colonel Sloan. This goes all wrong with Col. Sloan killing Rex, revealing his plot of worldly destruction and leaving you for dead. This is how the game begins.

Awaken by Col. Sloans assistant, Dr. Darling, and told of how from the blood of prehistoric type animals that roam the island Col. Sloan and his cyborg soldiers are maximizing strength and agility.

The game consists of liberating cyborg bases, and saving scientists, and hunting certain animals to gain enhancements; while being hunted by huge blood dragons.

The game is nothing short of awesome and the fact that you don’t even need to have the disc for Far Cry 3 (or to even have ever played Far Cry 3 for that matter) to download and enjoy this wonderful DLC.

The universe of Kingdom Hearts is a collection of levels, referred to as “worlds”, through which the main character, Sora, needs to go through to progress through the game. Sora is a 14 year old boy whose world has been swallowed by “the Heartless.” Separated from his old friends, Sora will make new ones on his quest to find his old ones and restore the worlds to their former “light”

The game is long, fun to play, and is definitely one of my childhood favorites. The epic Story is what does it for me. A boy who lost it all to some power he had no idea even existed, and is on a quest to find all his friends.

The game took a good long while to beat, and that was just the main story. There are still extras to find, and things to do, adding to hours of game play. This is the original game that started the series. Sure it had some dull main menu animations, but Square Enix heard those complaints to make the series better in the next ones that followed. The main thing that brought the gamers to this epic adventure is story and game play.

The boss fights are intense. Even if you go out to grind for EXP the fights still offer a nice challenge. Fighting the last bosses was some of the most fun i’ve ever had in a video game due to the challenge that this game offers. Overall Square Enix did a great job making this game, considering the date it was released. They produced a good challenging game, with an awesome story, that even your kids could play along. Over all an amazing game!

This is the story about a leader of a huge security firm called Sarif industries whose company designs “Augmentations.” Sarif industries was attacked and its leader Adam Jensen is forced to be “Augmented’ in order to live. Six months later, and ready to get back to work, Adam ends up being sent across the world to discover who the attackers were, and what exactly they were after. However, Adam ends up getting involved in a global conspiracy in order to discover the truth behind the attack.

Overall I will say the gameplay was very good, but a tab bit short. If you don’t do all of the side quests and learn the back story, or unlock more mods and power-ups for your weapons, you can beat the story in a day or 2. The graphics are astounding. It was, and still is available for all platforms.

The awesome thing about this game is there is a little bit of everything available for all types of gamers. In most games I play as a “shoot first ask questions later” kind of person, and the game was sort of fit for this style of play. However there are achievements that make you have to change your game type, and by that I mean you might have to be stealthy instead of hasty. The “Pacifist” achievement is unlocked if you complete the entire game by only stunning, except bosses, hostiles. The “Foxiest of the Hounds” achievement is unlocked by not triggering an alarm the entire game. The game offers both a FPS style, and a role playing aspect. Overall, a great game.

Treyarch did a great job developing this game. The Graphics are amazing, and the story line is amazing. You can sympathize with all the characters, and there are so many choices that can affect the stories ending outcome in some way. The different choices really get players into the game because they have to be mindful of your surroundings. It adds a bit of a challenge for gamers.

The game isn’t super hard, unless you want to try and beat it on Veteran. The multiplayer is extremely fun to play online. The few complaint I really have on the multiplayer is the number of Corner Campers, Noob Tubers, and lets not forget Grenade Spammers. But after all it is a first person shooter. These types of players are to be expected with multiplayer. When you actually find good players that offer a bit of a challenge, the game becomes super entertaining.

The different game modes on multiplayer are very fun too. I can game for hours on Search and Destroy, and although I may not be the best at it, I’m still having an amazing time playing and that’s what video games are made for right? Overall The game does offer countless hours of entertainment, both singleplayer story, and multiplayer online. The addition of new DLCs adds even more excitement to the already fun Zombie Survival and other game mode. I myself have spent a good amount of times with my Clan playing Mob of the Dead, and TranZit many times, and still have fun today. The game has countless opportunities for fun online and off, thus making it one of the best shooters I’ve ever played.

Mortal Kombat was, and still is, one of the greatest fighting games ever made. The series has continued to grow ever since the first release in 1992. With this new installment in the series you get to play through the first three Mortal Kombat games, with a twist in the storyline. Play as all of the old characters as well as some interesting new additions.

Familiar favorites such as Liu Kang, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Kitana, and Jax are readily available. The game also features Cyber Sub-Zero, (DLC Required) Scarlet, (PS3 Exclusive) Kratos from the God of War games, and lastly Freddy Kruger (DLC Required). All new characters have a background story that explains why exactly they are “here” fighting in Mortal Kombat.

The game features the old type of “Ladder Fighting” from the original game, along with a new tag-team feature where you can battle 2 V.S. 2. The fighting mechanics of this game are amazing. You can try the original combinations, and if you are willing to experiment, put those into longer and more devastating and deadlier combination.

The games online multiplayer features tag-team fighting, classic 1 V.S. 1 fighting, and a king of the hill fight. The graphics are amazing, and the gameplay is just like the classic Mortal Kombat 3 with a 3D twist. All of the fatalities are listed for you, so you don’t have to go searching online for them. This Mortal Kombat is a lot of fun game, and still offers me a fun challenge, despite the difficulty on getting all the achievements.

Play as 1 of 4 characters, each having a different weapon expertise. Explore the lovely tropical island resort near Australia. Did I mention the islands usual tourist are now DEAD… and coming back to life with a hunger for human flesh! Explore the entire island for a way to escape, with a mystery man leading the way via radio. This game gets 4 Stars down the bored which is good but it seemed to be lacking just a little. The game is definitely a lot of fun, but with a few more additions it could have been not just a great game, but an amazing game.

The graphics were good for the most part. The zombies weren’t as solid as Zombies from Call of Duty, but still fun to play with. They weren’t totally bad like other zombie games that have been released in the past, but they certainly weren’t some of the best graphics out of all the zombie games that are out there.

Gameplay was fun, sometimes a bit challenging when alone, but very fun. I have spent enough time online to see that there are some hackers online who cheat, duplicate weapons , and just troll, but that can’t be helped. A lot of good games just simply have those kind of players. Hopefully they fix these issues in future dead island games. The multi-player aspects of the story also made this game very fun. , You can spend countless hours online with friends killing zombies.

The controls in this game felt very smooth and had some customization at least. You have two main fighting styles, and can change button configurations.

The Dead Island story is very well done. The game is challenging, and there are a good amount of side quests to get better weapons and more money. The replay value is also pretty high because you can New Game Plus with your previous character.

Don’t get me wrong, this was a great zombie game, it just seemed like it was a lacking something in each of the categories, but still a very fun game to play with friends.

ollowing the events after the first Prototype game, Sergeant James Heller is sent in as a Marine into New York Zero. Alex Mercer is Responsible for the death of James’ wife and daughter, so now Heller will take on any assignment that brings him closer to Mercer. He gets too close and becomes infected with “The Mercer Virus”, and with these new powers, he plans to kill Mercer for everything he has done.

This is a good game, especially if you liked the original. Play as a new hero, while the previous hero is depicted as the bad guy. I had a few issues with the way the characters talk. Not the language they used, but every cut scene ended rather quickly. Almost anti-climatic. He would say something along the lines of “I’ll find him,” and the music would crescendo as if the conversation would continue, but instead he would walk out the room. Very unusual in my opinion.

The game features a great story line that fits well with the series. Other features from the previous game were included, and most of the old powers as well. It was a challenge to level up all the perks, but once you did the game is a lot easier to continue. The controls also seemed a lot like the previous game, which in my opinion got boring midway through the game. Other than that it was a great game to play, and well worth the finish in order to see the story to the end.